Category: business
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Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions, has pioneered a revolutionary approach to filmmaking that’s both critically acclaimed and financially lucrative. With 42 movies grossing over $50 million each on modest production budgets, Blumhouse has generated $6 billion in sales. For every dollar invested in a Blumhouse movie, it has generated $8.2 in revenue.1 I spent…
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I’d previously highlighted Carnegie’s 23 traits of an attractive personality. Here are Andrew Carnegie’s 45 causes of failure. 1. Habit of drifting through life without a definite major purpose 2. Unfavorable physical heredity at birth 3. Habit of meddlesome curiosity into other people’s affairs 4. Inadequate preparation for the work in which one engages 5.…
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As we build out The School of Entrepreneuring, we’ve been thinking about what types of businesses students in middle or high school can start and even scale. Our criteria were simple. Find business ideas that meet students where they tend to be aka: With that in mind, here is our list of business ideas for…
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Disclaimer: I’ve never been a hired CEO and have only brought on one CEO, and it is still early days on this transition. In other words, I have an n=1, and the story is still being written. YMMV. I recently spoke with Alex Bridgeman on his great podcast “Think Like an Owner”, and he asked…
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This is definitely not investment advice. Definitely not. I think the humanoid robot market is going to be huge And so I’ve been trying to find a way to play the public markets to ride this trend given most of the humanoid robotic companies are still private Here’s my WIP research along with some questions.…
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Some data from a recent anti-trust trial Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster transcripts were researched and broken down by Elle Griffin. Here’s what jumped out: 50% of books sold less than a dozen copies 50% of books couldn’t sell 12 copies Publishers like VCs are looking for unicorns The real value-add of…